The Commission celebrates the diversity of the City's ethnic groups who together provide the variety and multiplicity of arts and cultural offerings that enrich the natural environment. The City provides financial support for arts and cultural organizations to bring together these creative forces, inspire patronage and stimulate artistic appreciation.
About the Museum of Contemporary Art

The permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, includes more than 3,000 works created after 1950, representing all media and genres: painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, video, film, and installation. MCASD is known for collecting works by promising emerging artists and under-recognized mid-career artists, as well as by major figures in contemporary art. Among the greatest strengths of the MCASD Collection are minimalism and Pop art of the 1960s and 70s, conceptual art from the 1960s to the present, installation art, Latin American art, and art from California and the San Diego/Tijuana region. Many works in the collection are the result of artists' residencies or works commissioned for MCASD exhibitions. The Museum continually seeks to enhance its strengths and to expand the representation of artistic trends in its Collection in response to new developments in art locally, nationally, and internationally. At the same time, MCASD preserves, presents, documents, and interprets its holdings for current and future audiences.

The Museum of Contmporary Art San Diego (MCASD) actually has two locations, one in La Jolla and one in downtown San Diego, which together house more than 3,000 works representing every major art movement of the past half-century. A range of innovative programs illustrate the museum's dedication to the exploration and preservation of contemporary art.Holdings include paintings, sculptures, installations, drawings, prints, photographs, video and multimedia works, with a strong representation by California artists.

The museum's main location in La Jolla occupies the landmark Ellen Browning Scripps house, California architect Irving Gill's 1916 triumph. A complete renovation in 1996 resulted in a venue boasting a distinctive architectural design and stunning ocean views. The museum's second facility in downtown San Diego is part of the Helmut Jahn-designed America Plaza. Free group tours with admission are available at both MCASD locations.

La Jolla Playhouse With three theaters, rehearsal rooms, a design studio, a storage warehouse and a park and restaurant in the works, this internationally reputed theater should perhaps change its name to the La Jolla Playtown.
Already established as a two-theater playhouse specializing in adventurous and new works, the Playhouse opened the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre January 2005 in the new 50,000 square foot Jacobs Center. The Jacobs Center building is in between the 493-seat Mandell Weiss Theater with a traditional proscenium stage, and the 399-seat Mandell Weiss Forum, with a thrust.

The Playhouse is located on the UCSD campus and shares its stage with the undergraduate and MFA programs on campus. Besides allowing the Playhouse to expand its season, the theater is a completely flexible black box meaning the space can change format from each production and seat 99 to 400 patrons.
The Playhouse puts on roughly 6 productions a year. At least thirty productions launched at this theater have gone on to Broadway and many end up touring nationally and internationally.
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The La Jolla Playhouse, founded in 1947 by actors Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer as a summer stock theater, has expanded over the years and, in 1993, received a Tony Award for "Outstanding American Regional Theater."Music fans will appreciate the Starlight Musical Theatre. Founded in 1946, it was the first company of its kind in California, and its outdoor programs, presented in Balboa park's Starlight Bowl, are a much beloved summer tradition.La Jolla is an art lover’s paradise. Nearby attractions include the Museum of Contemporary Art on Prospect Street, a few blocks south of La Jolla Village on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. Or visit the famous La Jolla Playhouse for an evening of top theater.

La Jolla... is recognized throughout the arts and culture community as a major contributor to performing arts. The La Jolla Playhouse itself, is a TONY Award Winning Theater, founded by Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire, offering exquisite evenings of stage, drama, music and laughter.

Theater is an amazing way of expressing everything from feelings to political standpoints. It is also something that no matter what your talent is, you can showcase it in theater. You don't have to be an actor to show your talent in theater. If you are talented in building things or such things as publicity you can make your talents known in the world of theater. Theater is one of the broadest fields there is. It does not matter what your interest is, most likely there is a way to tie it to the world of theater.